ul-Umra(2022)

I Was A Ghost Myself(tr)

I was a ghost myself is a film following a ghost’s footsteps, psychogeographically trailing through a city where the ancient intertwines with the modern. The ghost haunts this itinerary of places projecting its haunts as light in moving images. As an archaeologist, the ghost portrays the present to uncover the past layer by layer through cracks and reveals, exposing herself with her memories and of others who have come and gone before. During two years of shooting, the filmmaker visits the town she grew up in and the city she later lived in. Starting in the city’s historical peninsula, in the ruinous dungeons she asks ‘is there cinema after death?’ She then visits her childhood town to see her grandmother’s grave, her old family house and school. Filmed entirely with expired/old stock super 8mm film, handmade camera lenses and scratched film technique, the beams of light, dust and aged texture of the film compose the ghost in its emotional state.

L'Affiche rouge(fr)

A company wants to make a play about Mont Valerien resistant fighters who were shot by the Nazis and the French collaborators.

Cho Lon(vi)

In the heart of Saigon, there's a place where promises are still written in blood.

Auf einmal war es Liebe(de)

Skunk(en)

When her pit bull is stolen by an amateur dog fighter, 14-year old Leila is forced to stand up for herself, at the cost of her own innocence.

Sweet Tooth(sv)

At the verge between childhood and adolescence, a group of girls hang out at the playground. They smoke, coordinate TikTok dances, and share a pack of red pills. With great authenticity and skillfully captured group dynamics, the film depicts the beginning of a new phase in fourteen-year-old Wilma's life.

Zonder Zelda(en)

Wander is working as an engine operator on a cargo-ship. When he takes a coffee-break, a woman appears in a talkshow on TV. In an instant, Wander recognizes her to be his long lost girl-friend Zelda from childhood days some 20 years ago. In these days, Wander used to live in a boarding-school. From his room window, he can see the house on the opposite river bank where Zelda lives. She's a really adorable young beauty, but she's less affected than one should think, and so Wander gets his chance. They are having a good time until one day when Wander finds Zelda's father in the school kitchen making love to the kitchen maid. Things turn out bad for most of the characters involved, but there's an open end.

Audit(en)

A young actor and his wife undergoing an IRS audit have more to worry about than the usual cheating when the IRS secretary turns out to be hot for the wife and the auditor turns out to be an ex-trick of the actor.

The Issue with Elvis(en)

West Virginia mushroom expert, Dr. Michael Mercer, lives alone in the mountains. One afternoon he happens upon a boy who follows him home. The scientist takes the child in, learning that his name is Elvis and he has a complicated history.

Maligno(tl)

A blood-curdling motion picture about witchcraft, Satan's disciples, witches and warlocks to steal a beautiful maiden's soul.

Spy In East Harbor(zh)

The police try to recover the blueprint of a newly designed submarine after it is stolen by enemy spies.

White Space(en)

White Space was created as a variation on the theme of Creation. The work uses the Creation story of Adam as a guide ("formed man from the dust of the ground"). A human head appears as animated 'dust' as it emerges from and descends into a chalky white pool. While the non-narrative short film can viewed as the original "man" being created, there are also references to science-fiction and the head takes on a ghostly ethereal quality...like an alien being from another planet. Influences of David Lynch as well as the repetitious music of minimalist composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich can also be seen. In addition to directing the video, Jym Davis also appears in the work.

The Age of Curious(en)

Three teens face their inner wildness on a dreamlike journey when they decide to peek under the hair of God.

One Night in Millstreet(en)

A prizefight between underdog Steve 'The Celtic Warrior' Collins and champion Chris 'Simply the Best' Eubank grips and encapsulates an entire nation as it emerges from depression towards previously unimagined prosperity.

Operation Delilah(es)

A couple try to help the residents of a small Caribbean island overthrow a dictator.

Max(en)

Footage of a cat named Max.

Die Legende von Derdriu und Noisi(de)

Crack House of the Dead(en)

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El desconocido(en)

Disenfranchised drifter finds a home, working on a young orphan woman's ranch.